Washing-machine



y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARNOLD B. CLARK, OF DELAVAN, WISCONSIN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Iatent No. 50,454, dated October 17, 1865.

the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional View of my invention, taken in the linea: x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a

plan or top view of the same; Fig. 3, a side view of the principal portion of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

rIhis invention relates to a new and im proytd' clothes-washingmachineofthatrlassin which a swinging` rubber frame is employed, and it consists in a novel arlangement ot' parts whereby a very simple and efficient machine is obtained for the purpose, and one which ma)l be manipulated with the greatest facility.

A represents the suds-box, supported by legs a, at a suitable height; and B represents an upright frame, composed of two uprights, b b, connected at their lower ends by a cross-piece, c, of concave form 'in its transverse section, over which a series of rollers, d, are placed. This frame B is titted within the suds-box, its sides or uprights b b being` in contact with the sides ofthe suds-box.

C is a shaft which is fitted between the upper parts ofthe uprights b b, and has the upper ends ot two bars, D D, fitted loosely1 upon it, said bars having oblong slots d' made in them, through which the shaft C passes.

E is a spring-bar, the ends of which are tted in the slots d, and has its center bearing against the shaft O. This spring-bar has a tendency to keep the bars D D pressed outward, so that the upper ends of the slots d' will bear on the shaft O.

Theouter ends of the bars D D are connected by a shaft, F, on which one end of two curved or segment bars, G G, are fitted, having a rub ber,H,attaehed,which is curved to correspond tothe curvature of ,the rollers d, and has its under or face sides uted or corrugated. (See Fig. l.) The opposite ends of the bars G G are connected by a rod, I, which serve as a handle. 'Y

The clothes to be washed are placed on the roller concave d, and the rubber H moved back and forth over them by swinging the frame composed ofthe bars G Gand rod I,the suds-box being supplied with a requisite quantity of suds, and the spring-bar E admitting of the rubber yielding to a necessary extent.

The frame B is raised or lowered, according to the quantity of clothes to be operated upon, by means of eccentrics J, which are attached.

one to the outer side ot' each upright b, said eecentrics resting or bearing on the sides ot' thesuds-box. (See Fig. 3.) By this iueansthe rubber frame may always be kept at a convenient height for operating by hand, whether there be more or less clothes in the suds-boX. ln taking out or putting the clothes into the suds-box the rubber frame is hooked up to the shaft O, as shown in red in Fig. l.

rIhe important feature in this machine is the manner or mode of suspending the rubber from the center or cross-bar, which allows the same to work in a true circle, and yet being attached to the slotted arms in such a manner as to allow the operator to adjust the same to the roll- -ers at will.

Iam aware that there are other machines that operate with suspended rubbers; but they are deiicient in the manner in which they are suspended.

VVhatI wish to be understood by the center" is the center of the circle upon which the whole machine works. The one end ofthe rubberis attached to the slotted bars in such a manner as to compel the rubber to work iu the circle upon which the rollers are placed, leaving the other end to move up and down or adjusted at the will of the operator, so as to accommodate thick or thin garments.

Havingthus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The frame B, in which the shaft O and concave of rollers d are placed, when said frame is l used in connection with eccentrics J, applied and arranged substantially as shown, for raising and loweringl the rubber and concave, as set forth.

ARNOLD B. CLARK.

Witnesses:

A. L. MAsoN, RICHD. WILLIAMS. 

